- Yale University
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Simon Gratz High School
Barkley L. Hendricks created full-length portraits of Black sitters whose fashion, pose and self-possession command the picture plane. His work joined the compositional authority of historical portraiture with the style and social life of 1960s and 1970s America.
Painting; photography
Artist Films
Barkley L. Hendricks – 'I Want to Be Memorable' | TateShots
Major Works
- 1969Lawdy Mama
- 1974What's Going On
- 1977Brilliantly Endowed
- 1976Steve
- 1969Miss T
- 1972Sir Charles, Alias Willie Harris
- 1975North Philly Niggah
- 1975–76Sweet Thang (Lynn Jenkins)
- 1969Icon for My Man Superman (Superman Never Saved Any Black People—Bobby Seale)
- 1975Blood (Donald Formey)
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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